On this week’s Good Growing podcast, Chris and Ken sit down to go through some more spring gardening questions about seed starting, planting outdoors, planting in pots, and more!

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00:30 – Welcome Ken, and be on the lookout for Callery pear and honeysuckle

02:05 – Why is Chris sad?

04:09 – How many seeds per cell do you recommend for vegetable plants to get seed starts?

08:25 – Thinning seedlings

09:50 - Do we need any special lights for seed starting?

13:50 - Are there any fruits or vegetables that you should not plant close to each other? Or in the place of something else was grown somewhere last season?

17:50 - How should plants be planted in Illinois? Should the rows run North to South or East to West?

20:15 - How do we prepare soil in pots for the next year?

23:50 - What should we put in pots? Can I dig up soil from my garden and put it in the pot?

27:50 - Should we be testing our container/potting soil?

29:57 - Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Greenhouse Media Testing: https://extension.illinois.edu/soil/greenhouse-media-testing

University of Illinois Extension Soils page: https://extension.illinois.edu/soil

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